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1935., J Q DAVIS 2,609,044

SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed March 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l Invenfor 23, 1935. J 0 DAVIS .2,009,044

SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed March 8, 19:54 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 invenior Patented July 23, 1935 2,009,044

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'V' SUPPORTING DEVICE James 0. Davis, Geary,'0kla.

Application March 8, 1934, Serial No. 714,699

3 Claims. (01. 248-226) This invention relates to a slicing device, the adjusted position in the slot by the screw l9 general object of the invention being to provide which passes through the threaded hole formed simple means for slicing various kinds of arin the joined lower ends of the parts I and i3. ticles, with means whereby the device can be A block 20 is pivoted in the forked end of the 5 easily and quickly attached to a table or other member l8, as shown at 2!, and the inner end 5 support and removed therefrom. of the block has a recess 22 therein for receiving This invention also consists in certain other the pointed end of the threaded part 23 of a 7 features of construction and in the combination crank handle 24. This threaded part passes and arrangement of the several parts, to be herethrough a threaded hole in the member 58. Thus 10 inafter fully described, illustrated in the accomby turning the handle 2d, the pointed end of the 10 panying drawings and specifically pointed out in part 23 will engage the recess 22 and thus force the appended claims. the block 20 upwardly against the under side of In describing the invention in detail, reference the table top so that the device will be clamped will be had to the accompanying drawings whereto the table top by said block 20 and the part I5.

in like characters denote like or corresponding The upper front corner of the block is rounded 15 parts throughout the several views, and in as shown at 25.

which:- In the modification shown in Figure i, the pro- Figure 1 is a front view of the device. jection i5 is formed with a vertically arranged Figure 2 is a side View thereof. threaded hole for receiving the screw 26 which Figure 3 is a sectional detail view. has a clamping plate 21 swiveled to its lower end 20 Figure 4 is a fragmentary edge view, showing and the carrier member Hi towhich the block a modification of the clamping means. 20' is pivoted, is rigidly fastened to the lower In these drawings, the numeral I indicates a end of the member I, as shown at 28. Thus it bar of metal or the like having its upper end bent Will be seen that the clamping plate 27 can be 25 at right angles, as shown at 2, with the extremity adjusted toward and away from the projection 25 of this end bent downwardly at right angles, as l5 so as to adjust t plate 27 a v to t e shown at 3, this end and the upper end of the table top or other support so that the block 28' vertical part being provided with holes for rewill act with the plate 27 to clamp the device ceiving the bearing sleeves 4 for the shaft 5. A on the table top or other support without adjust- 30 crank handle 6 is attached to the rear end of the ing the carrier member H! for the block 2e, as 30 shaft and the other end is threaded to receive the in the first form of the invention. The block 20 nuts I which hold the cutting disk 8 to said end is adjusted by means of the handle 2%, as before of the shaft. This disk is formed with the subdescribed. stantially radially extending arc-shaped slots 9 It is thought from the foregoing description therein, the side walls of which are beveled, as that the advanta and novel atures o the 3 shown at IE, to form cutting edges. An angleinvention will be readily apparent. shaped shelf H has its horizontal part bolted or It is to be understood that changes may be otherwise fastened to the part 2, as shown at I2, made in the construction and in the combinaso that the articles to be sliced or out can be tion and arrangement of the several parts, proplaced on the shelf and then moved toward the Vided that such changes fall within the scope 40 cutting disk and then when the shaft is turned of the appended claims. by its handle 6, the cutting edges of the disk will What is claimed is: cut or slice the article. The upstanding part of 1. In a device of the class described, an upthe shell can be used as a rest for pressing the right, a lateral projection on an intermediate article thereagainst so that the article can be part of the upright, the lower end of the up- 5 guided straight against the cutting disk. right having a slot therein, a member passing A short strip of metal I3 is fastened to the through the slot and slidably arranged therein, lower part of the portion I by the rivets [4 or the a screw passing through the lowerend of the like and an intermediate part of this strip i3 is upright for holding the slide member in adjusted 5O bent outwardly at substantially right angles to position, a handle having a threaded part passing form the loop which forms a rest for engaging through the sliding member, and a block piva table top It or other support. The lower ends oted to the sliding member and having a recess of the parts I and 13 are slotted, as shown at H, in its inner end for engagement by the end of and a member l8 passes through the slot and the threaded part.

55 is slidably arranged therein and can be held in 2. In a device of the class described, an up- 55 right, a lateral projection carried by the upright, a horizontally arranged member carried by the upright and located below the projection, a block pivotally supported by the horizontal member for movement about a horizontal axis, and a shaft having a part threaded through the horizontal member and engaging a part of the block below the pivotal point for swinging the block on its pivot.

3. In a device of the class described, an upright, a lateral projection on an intermediate part of the upright, a vertically arranged screw carried by the projection, a clamping plate swiveled to the lower end of the screw, a supporting member fastened to the lower end of the upright, a block pivotally supported by the said member, and a screw passing through said member and engaging the block for moving the block toward and away from the clamping plate.

JAMES O. DAVIS. 

